Chris Wood's 71st-minute penalty gave Nottingham Forest a 1-0 advantage over Aston Villa in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final at the City Ground, with Vitor Pereira's side carrying something to defend to Villa Park next Thursday.
The contest, between Midlands rivals and tournament favourites, turned on a moment of madness from Lucas Digne, whose inexplicable handball after Omari Hutchinson refused to let Morgan Gibbs-White's cross go out of play handed Forest the spot-kick that decided a finely balanced night.
Digne's moment of madness
Gibbs-White's cross from the left was bouncing towards the byline and Digne raised both hands expecting the ball to go out for a goal-kick. Hutchinson, though, would not give it up, hooking it back across goal. The referee Joao Pinheiro initially awarded a goal-kick before being sent to the pitchside monitor by VAR Tiago Martins, with the review focused on whether the ball had fully crossed the line rather than whether Digne had handled.